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Statement of Support from Nobel Peace Laureates
To the ASUC Senate, We the undersigned Nobel Peace Laureates support your courage and call on you to reaffirm the ASUC Bill in Support of UC Divestment from War Crimes. We stand united in our belief that divesting from companies that provide significant support for the Israeli military provides moral and strategic stewardship of tuition […]
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Divesting from Israel is a Moral Imperative
By Eyad Kishawi “Gilad Shalit” is a recognizable name that rolls easily off the tongues of many Americans. This is a testament to the power of the media, consolidated over the years, and spoon-fed from embedded journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan about what the power structures agree to be in the best interest of the […]
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“Divestment movements are also gaining steam at the University of Arizona, Brown University…and Georgetown University”
“Cal-Berkeley rallies around divestment vote; other colleges continue BDS movement against Israeli companies” ARAB AMERICAN NEWS (Dearborn, Michigan) April 24-30, 2010 Page 13 “…Divestment movements are also gaining steam at the University of Arizona, Brown University, where noted author Noam Chomsky wrote a letter endorsing Brown Students for Justice in Palestine’s push [for divestment], and […]
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Simon Liebling ’12: The right side of history
By Simon Liebling Opinions Columnist Published: Friday, April 16, 2010 I worry that often lost in the familiar heroic histories of grassroots political movements is the reality that today”s moral consensus on the justice of their causes belies just how unthinkably controversial these movements were back when they were actually being waged. The unanimous agreement […]
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GUSA Roundup: Down on divestment, shoutouts for Voice
Apr 19 2010 Posted by: Galen Weber in News, Vox Populi, tags: Academic Working Groups, Adam Talbot, Ben Bold, Colton Malkerson, Crime, Diversity Requirement, Georgetown Divest!, GUSA, GUSA Roundup, Jackson Perry, Nick Troiano, Safety, Sexual Assault The majority of this week”s meeting of the Georgetown University Student Association Senate was spent considering the arguments of […]
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Bill Would Pave the Way to Peace
By Rick Sterling Special to the Daily Cal Friday, April 23, 2010 As a 21-year veteran UC Berkeley staff member, I was pleased to see the ASUC resolution calling for divestment from companies profiting from war crimes in general and Israeli war crimes in particular. As they debate overturning the veto and restoring the resolution, […]
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Berkeley Divestment Bill: A Step in the Right Direction
By Sumaiya Hashmi | Opinion | April 23, 2010 The UC Berkeley student senate voted 16-4 last month to pass Bill 118: A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes. The vote followed intense campaigning and hours of deliberation which included testimonies from many on both sides of the issue. It underwent some […]
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Jonathan Ben-Artzi: Yes, apartheid
Jonathan Ben-Artzi Guest columnist Published: Thursday, April 22, 2010 Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010 In their recent columns, Simon Liebling “12 and Ethan Tobias “12 debated the comparison of the contemporary struggle against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and the struggle for divestment from the apartheid state of South Africa in the 1980s […]
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How the Wayne State Vote for Total Divestment from Israel has led the way
From Wayne State, the divestment movement spread to the University of Michigan-Dearborn, to Wisconsin, and to Berkeley.
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Petition to Support Divestment at UC Berkeley
Every so often, we get a moment when a remarkable future unfolds before our eyes. And when it happens, it’s our responsibility to do everything within our power to help it along. One of those moments is happening right now on the University of California’s Berkeley campus. Berkeley professors and students of every color, religion, […]
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